National Republican., 1887-11-11


water renis............,.. .,'...'.'. loS,O59 ~
WAFER taps ....."'''''..'..''.."'''""" o'ViS UV
tetmllb 9,oiO 20
Total. .......... 1861 IS
Expenditures:
Salaries ...............,............. 9,O22 20
Contingent expenses....".....,...."," 2B3v 81
heluuus. .s.s.'s'.s.ss" Oiv o.
Pumping expenses aud pipe distribution
Washington pump house. So, l92. II; George
town pump house, $7,67l 40; total, $l5,-
sG420. New mains-labor, $26,337 "a;
new mains--material, $3l ,423 so; total, $751;.
S21.44. Fire hydrants-labor, $3.50; fire
hydrants-material, 81 .237; total, $2,0S7.
sinking fund on account Of water stock
bonds, S57, 7,735; interest and sinking fund
on account, $22, GAO 04; interest OF increas-
ing water supply. sinking fund.-. $3i,-
598,9S; total, S171 ,779 SO. Water-tax levied,
S4T345.SS; arrears subject to exemption
charged against District Of Columbia prop
erty, $1,3s1.79; amount collectible, $6l,-
S5262; total amount Of water-tax arrears
June3o, 1857, S67,S62I9.
Total amount OF money standing to credit
OF water fund on books OF the United States
treasury June 80, 1887, 81 1915 SO.
Estimates for the water department for
the next year amount to 1896, ,94735.
The estimated revenues for $3.50 are
S269,017.94, Of which $3.50. 900 is for water
rents, $50 900 for water taxes; taps, $4,000,
and permits, $1,000.
The sum Of SIG, ,OO0 Is asked. for pumping
expenses and the labor attached thereto.
The sum of 1000 is asked for the erection
of fire hydrants. For laying Of service
mains S47,500 Is wanted. These are for
mains petltioned for by the owners Of prop.
erty.
financial statement OF the operations
Of the water division from July l, 1878, to
yn1y 1897 lie tad In
and shown In five tables. In table two the
gross receipts Of the water Office since the
organization Of the present government
have been $1,2S0, SCI. SO, and the expendi-
lures have been $725, 5,5Sl.61. The total
amount paid out for interest and sinking
amount standing on the books OF the treas
ury to the credit OF the water fund undrawn
by requisition is $43, $40 63.
The total cost OF mains laid during the
nine years past was $lCs, ,427.0 .02. The assess.
ments levied amounted to $163, 5000, and
the water tax collected amounted to $685.
192 20, partially accruing from previous
years.
The total length OF mains laid was 177,-
1851 feet, and the average cost per lineal
foot for the last nine years has been little
more than 81.
The water tax Of II cents per square foot
Is supposed to pay the cost OF mains and fire
during the past nine years It has fallen
short of doing this by sos, 176 63.
The estimates are as follows:
Salaries S2olOO OF
Contingent expenses. ......""..:..:. 5000 0(
Pumping expenses and pipe disIri-
Purchase Of Washington pump house
lot......................... 2,275 0C
Main to Anacostla a...................... $500 %
Main to Mount Pleasant. t.............. $500 90
Interest and sinking fund account -. 13l,5 ,572 IS
o.. -OOiOti %
Capt Symons states that about three.
fourths OF the people of Washington take
water into their houses; the other fourth
are supplied free of charge.
~ believe the most satisfactory way,''
says Capt. Symons, 'of treating the pub
lie hydrant question is to provide for col
lecting charge Of from So to $5 per year
from all premises within 500 feet OF pub
lie bydrant, which premises are not sup.
piled with water In the ordinary way" II
this is not done the water department
should be made to bear the cost. There
are 270 public hydrants, from each. of which
1t is estimated that an average OF thirty
families are supplied. At the minimum
schedule water rent of So so per annum the
revenue from each hydrant would be $l05,
and from all $2S,350.
A chapter is devoted to the subject OF
water rents, showing the difference between
the old and the new systems. The impor-
tant additions made to the water supply
last year are mentioned. On the compile
tion OF the new aqueduct and reservoir 1t ID
recommended that 30inch main be laid
from the end Of the 20-inch at Seventeenth
mel shaft.
Many complaints as to the scarcity oi
water have been found to be due to stoI
cocks at the curb being not properly turned
on. In other cases Iusted and clogged
pipes have caused much trouble. He sug
gests that the law be made so as to author
ize the District to make repairs and changes
to stop.cock boxes and street washers
which project above the sidewalk.
The records Of the water division are In
complete as regards the exact location o.
mains, connections, service, and street
fixtures In general. This information is
however, gradually being collected by The
Under the head of water taxes, which
subject is eXhaustively treated, he show
that the II cent cost ia inadequate, ant
should be increased / Of cent per square
foot. A table showing the changes In GER
vice pressure accompanies the report. II,
notes the loss Of pressure In the southwes
section, and says that the supply is entirely
inadequate, being from 0 to 171 pound
less than In 1877, and relief can only COM
by laying new mains. The pressure o
Capitol Hill Is about the same as In 1877
In the business center of the city the falling
of OF the procure is also noticeable. Il,
remedy these defects he recommends 81
inch main on Fourteenth street from tn
30inch main on X street south to a juno
tlon with the main on Pennsylvania avenue
distance OF 2,400 feet, the cost Of which
Is estimated at $l5, 900. A 2O.inch main oil
Fourteenth street west, south from Penn
sylvania avenue, to b street south, theme
east along to Tenth, connecting with th(
20-nch main now on b street, distance Of
$500 feet, the cost OF which Is estlm ited a
$4,000. A cross-connection, 80 inches 4
diameter is suggested for Seventeenth
street, and the placing OF division stop
Just west thereof, the cost of which is give
at $500.
Experiment has shown that the reservol
is water tight, and that the mains receiy
the amount of water as noted In an az
cOmpanying table. The average consumr
tIon' is 1,os9,40s gallons per hour, or 90
47,952 gallons per day. and the per capt.
consumption Zen basis OF POO, 900 popull
tiOn) Is l30 gallons day. The maximut
cor sum ntiOn Is betWppn y and 10 n m . IL